Breitachklamm
The Breitachklamm is a gorge created by the Breitach in the Allgäu . It is located at the exit of the Kleinwalsertal near Tiefenbach , a district of the municipality of Oberstdorf .
It is - next to the Höllentalklamm - the deepest gorge in the Bavarian Alps and the deepest rocky gorge in Central Europe . Every year around 300,000 visitors go on the 2.5 km long hiking trail through the gorge.
Coordinates: The "upper entrance" of the Breitachklamm is located near the Walserschanz at 47 ° 23 '12.8 " N , 10 ° 13' 44.4" E in Austria not particularly large parking lot, the" Lower input "in Oberstdorfer district Tiefenbach with a large parking lot at 47 ° 24 '9.4" N , 10 ° 13' 44 " O .
Emergence
The Breitachklamm was created over the last 10,000 years after the Würm Ice Age . The glaciers had removed the soft rock and the hard rock remained standing. When the glaciers melted, the Breitach cut into the hard rock. This happened over a length of 2.5 km and about 150 m deep into the rock.
Development
At the end of the 19th century there were unsuccessful attempts to make the Breitachklamm accessible.
The young pastor from Tiefenbach, Johannes Schiebel, took the development of the gorge into his hands, looked for donors and founded the Breitachklammverein eG. He did this to provide his poor community with a source of income and to stimulate the incipient alpine tourism .
The first demolition was carried out on July 25, 1904, on July 4, 1905, the accessible Breitachklamm was inaugurated.
On September 23, 1995 at 6:00 am there was a rock fall , as a result of which around 50,000 m³ of rock and rubble fell into the gorge. As a result, 300,000 m³ of water (about 30 m high) built up. On March 23, 1996 at 11:30 a.m. the water broke through, completely devastating the gorge and causing damage amounting to around 300,000 DM.
In December 2004 a new entrance building was put into operation. A branch of the Bergschau has been located there since October 2005, which uses interactive models to investigate the effect of water on the mountains.
During the Alpine floods in 2005 , enormous amounts of water flowed through the gorge. The highest water level was recorded on August 23, 2005, 6.60 meters above the bridge.
The Breitachklamm is designated as a geotope by the Bavarian State Office for the Environment (Geotope number: 780R017).
See also
Web links
- The official site
- The Breitachklamm - the wonder of nature - from the Allgäu Geotopes series
- Pictures of the Breitachklamm summer and winter
- Breitachklamm
Individual evidence
- ↑ Breitachklamm.com
- ↑ Bavarian State Office for the Environment, Geotope Breitachklamm SW of Oberstdorf (accessed on October 8, 2017).